If you did not see this coming, then the sunrise must be a daily moment of wonderment for you. I agree with all you non-Yankee fans out there who are tired of this annual dance, but the Blogosphere (see Deadspin or Foul Balls) is haranguing Roger for the way he announced his comeback to the Bombers. But really this a lot like the scene in Hoosiers where Jimmy Chitwood declared his intent to play for Hickory again at the town meeting. Just like it, except Jimmy came back for the love of the game and Roger is coming back for a dump truck full of cash ($4.5 million a month). Jimmy said he would only play if Norman Dale remained the head coach, and Roger likes Joe Torre but loves money more (that's $1.125 million a week). Also, Jimmy's soul was as pure as St. Francis of Assisi's, and Roger's is as black as the deepest coal shaft ($150,000 a day). You see, almost exactly the same. Anyway, I couldn't find any clips of Hoosiers, but The Simpsons have already shown us the way to stop the Rocket:

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05.06.07 at 6:19 pm

JonathanWK

Fuck that guy. I still feel everyone in attendance for his “last” game at Fenway Park in 2003 who gave him a standing O should be banned from Fenway for the rest of their lives. Big deal, he gave us a decade or so of regular-season goodness. Should we give Hitler a standing O because of the Autobahn? I think not.

05.07.07 at 1:52 am

Ted Striker

Good fucking riddance from Houston. Bastard was yanking our chain for three years. Besides, he can’t play a whole season at full health anymore anyway. Enjoy him when he breaks down first week of October, Torre.

05.07.07 at 4:45 pm

i4c

you red sox fans are the biggest fucking crybabies on the planet.

i guess all the lobbying that ken rosenthal, joe buck and tim mccarver did for the red sox on fox game of the week didn’t do shit to convince him to go to the red sox.

and you bitches had ESPN lobbying with their red sox fan writers all freaking season.

you guys have out Yankeed the Yankees. Red Sox 04 are the highest payroll of all time to win a WS. If the Yankees of 01-06 prove anything is that you cannot BUY a championship.

Not Yankees fault red sox brass is too stupid to pony the money up. He woulda made the $28 Mil back in jersey sales alone.